San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-07-14
A FEW POINTERS
From the Speech Of Hon. "Buck' Wal
ton on Prohibition.

The great body of the women of the
country, the representatives of purity ant
virtue, are on the side of prohibition.
The fight is not against individuals but
against the business which is the par.
ent of crime, paupersm and disease.
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The preachers of the Protestant denomi'
nations in Texas are great body of moral,
lists and conservators of the peace and tho
they may throw mud all over them they
stand as signboards of Christian faith and
point to morality, truth and right notwith-
standing the slime and filth that the black
guard may cast upon them.
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1 can define you q hundred prohibitions
in our statute law. Prohibition is the word
of the law commencing with the ten COM
mandments-the spirit and power of the
law. The same great principle is involved
that society has q right to protect itself
against the evil influence which any traffic
may bring upon the body polite.
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There are men who are saying to the col
ored people openly, boldly and unblushing-
ly "ny colored friends you have been free
but little while, your liberty is not fixed
fact, this prohibition amendment is but the
entering wedge for the purpose of replace
ing you back into slavery. Could man
have the face az hardened brass itself to
utter such statements as these!
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And the Democrats who favor prohibit
ton will be turned out of the Democratic
party Barney Gibbs, Seth Shepherd, and
Lit Moore will go down to Galveston and
turn Reagan and Maxey out and turn Dave
Culberson out and Lanham out / am not
in the habit of giving advice to my enemies,
but if you are friendly to those fellows who
are going to turn them out tell them to hire
men to hold their own scalps on and if they
don't mind mixing with this "true blue"
business they will find themselves read out
of the Democratic party.
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They say that the liquor men pay taxes
into the treasury. They don't pay it, the
liquor dyinker pays it. A liqaor man pay
ing taxes What does he produce What
did the liquor traffic ever return to the citi-
zen who INDUCES in the use Of liquor, but
disease, disgrace, dishonor. insanity, pau
perism, and, If followed, death, to himself.
The liquor dealer pays no taxes my fellow
citizens, he makes nothing, he but peddles
out what comes INTO his hands, Withholding
a large profit and paying the rest into the
treasury.
Democracy is government by the people,
Of the people and for the people, and the
people necessarily means the majority !;
the voice Of the people is Demo
crscy. II majority of the people adopt
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democratic The Democratic State con-
vention said that prohibition was q question
for the people themselves; Governor Ross,
the Democratic governor Of Texns, recon-
mended that the amendment should be sub
mitted and the Democratic legislature pass
ed the resolution submitting II 10 us by
proper Law and who can gainsay its legiti-
mscyi
When you see speakers lodging discus
sion and refusing 10 divide time With the
other side you may know that The party Who
lodges and shuns q free, open discussion
has bad cause. have said 10 them "give
me q month in which 10 discuss this ques-
ton With you and they would not DO Il !;
I said give ne q week and they would
not give me q week; I aid ''give q day
sDd they vOuld not give ne day / tbso
s.id give ne an hOav. IN take yo1r scalp
IN an h0llr.- and they vo1ld not give ne
An hour and they vdl Dot meet ne "a
Miller, q Austin Ui1 cone down and
promise 10 DIVIDE tine but When yoa meet
I'm Be vent Do a. eTDsct LIT Moore
WI wnrt 10 diviis tine VITA z T. More
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